The Tenth Cow

When Teddy Kagan finds a pure red heifer (heifer: a young, virgin cow) on the Florida ranch of a TV evangelist, he knows - because he knows Scripture and biblical prophesy - that he has discovered the first step in a plot to speed up the bloody End of Days and the Second Coming of Christ - a plot which could lead to a nuclear Holy War. And it’s Teddy’s job to stop it from happening. Fantasy? Not exactly. The plot is actually under way. “The Tenth Cow”, the third podcast novel by Aram Schefrin, takes the story to its limits, tracing what has already happened - and what could happen - through a brilliant cast of characters in Israel and America. Add polo, Kabbala, the American President and a strange love affair into the mix and you get a rich stew of romance, satire and suspense and a scary look at what might come to be the most important event of our time. To learn about the facts behind this book, go to www.tenthcow.blogspot.com and click on the links.

 
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9 Responses to “The Tenth Cow”

  1. Andre Says:

    I find this story a little vague sometimes. I can;t find the word for it. It can be a little hard to follow and is not one of those stories you can sit back and relax in because one must really concentrate to keep up.
    The characters need to be more defined. I mean that I find it difficult to know who is speaking sometimes.

  2. Henry Says:

    Not sure how the RSS works, but if you download the chapters individually be aware that your OS may alphabetize them so that TENTH_COW_EIGHTEEN comes before TENTH_COW_ONE etc. Change the alpha to numeric on download to get around this — TENTH_COW_01, TENTH_COW_18 etc. Otherwise you will have an extremely confusing story.

  3. George Says:

    I recently added this to my aggregator, and am really enjoying the story so far. The world the author has created is one so completely alien to my experience I find myself reviewing the feed to make sure I don’t miss any plot elements. Mr. Shefrin does a great job of explaining to the reader the theology involved, but you need to listen to at least a few chapters for this information. Trust me, it comes together and is explained bit by bit, but in a meter that becomes familiar the further you get into the story. I especially enjoyed the description of the polo player getting coated in manure, “… like a chocolate-covered strawberry”. Great visual, that one. And I couldn’t stop laughing at the prayer scene with the Goys. Hysterical! I’m sure my co-workers were convinced that I’d taken leave of my senses. Again, another winner for Aram Shefrin. Please keep ‘em coming!
    -George, Ft. Worth, Tx; www.thepublicdomainiac.com

  4. Sean Says:

    There is an error in the podcast - the Ch. 26 download was the same audio file as Ch. 25

  5. Chris Says:

    I’ve contacted the author, and have removed the offending file.

  6. Texas George Says:

    Great ending, and I won’t spoil it for you here. Suffice it to say that I, too was worried about rapture occurring before Mr. Schefrin got out the last chapter, and not being around to enjoy it…. Thanks again for a GREAT book, and now I’ll head back to Consider the Elephant!
    George, Fort Worth, Texas

  7. Billy C Says:

    Really amazing story. Mr. Schefrin has an amazing knowledge of all things Israeli and Jewish. The details about the city and the history really drew me in. At times I did find the story a bit difficult to follow as there were so many characters and they were so intertwined. I just can’t say enough about the details in the book though. I feel like I learned so much about Israel after finishing this book.

  8. Ramona Holliday(author) Says:

    This book WAS hard to follow and I lost interest in it at times. I had to re-listen to it, so I could put together certain items. It was hard.

    The reader sounded like he had taken a couple of Vicoden or took voice lessons from Sylvester the Cat. The music of Michael Jackson’s Thriller was kind of annoying. It needed a different introductory tune.

    It really wasn’t my cup of tea, so my comments can be thrown out if you like. The story just didn’t flow fast enough for me.

    I agree a lot with what Andre said.

  9. Byron Int Says:

    Episode number one at 22MB is empty -no sound (except for the ad about iFrogs). iTunes shows it is over two hours long, but upon playing, only the iFrogs ad plays and that’s it. Have tried downloading it twice.
    Byron Int

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